The Macnamara Blog

Why you need a secure password
A strong password is essential for preventing others from gaining unauthorised access to your account or device. The stronger the password the more difficult it will be for a hacker to crack.

How to make a secure password
It can be hard to think of a password that you can remember when you need it, let alone multiple passwords and variations. What can make this is easier is using a methodology or naming convention for your passwords.

Why you shouldn’t password protect your Office Documents
Protecting your sensitive data with a password seems like a good thing to do, right? So why would we say it is not a clever idea? Because protecting the location is better than protecting the document.

Teams or Zoom?
Both applications do the job of video conferencing well, and they’re not the only ones (e.g. Google Meet, Starleaf, Webex). But what’s the real difference, and when should you use one over the other?

Making sense of computer processor names, numbers and speeds.
How to compare different computer processors. It is not as simple as looking at the clock speed. This article is a little technical but aims to demystify.

The UK and GDPR after Brexit
What is the future for GDPR in the UK once the country has completed its transition out of the EU by the end of 2020?

Tracking Coronavirus using Power BI
Visual representations make trends and differences easy to spot. Trying to make sense of the news during the Coronavirus crisis provides a powerful example of how difficult it can be to extract meaning from raw data. Like everybody else I have been struggling to interpret the daily deluge of numbers so I can determine whether